Making a stand through a fast

Making a stand through a fast

Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times

Marc Grossman, Cesar Chavez's longtime spokesman and personal aide, leads a tour at the Agbayani Retirement Village on the grounds of 40 Acres, where Chavez fasted for 36 days in 1988 to protest the use of agricultural pesticides. See full story

Marc Grossman, Cesar Chavez's longtime spokesman and personal aide, leads a tour at the Agbayani Retirement Village on the grounds of 40 Acres, where Chavez fasted for 36 days in 1988 to protest the use of agricultural pesticides. See full story (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)

Marc Grossman, Cesar Chavez's longtime spokesman and personal aide, leads a tour at the Agbayani Retirement Village on the grounds of 40 Acres, where Chavez fasted for 36 days in 1988 to protest the use of agricultural pesticides. See full story